Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not. A sense of humour - to console him for what he is

Cognitive linguistics.

Pragmalinguistics)

Paralinguistics,

Sociolinguistics,

Grammar,

Stylistics,

Phonetics,

The history of the lg.,

General linguistics,

Lexicology and its connections with other branches of linguistics

Lexicology meets the demands of applied linguistics (lexicography, terminology, information, literary criticism, foreign lg. teaching, in translation and functional stylistics).

It is one of the working lgs of the UNO and the universal lg of international aviation. (157 nations out of 168)

4. More than a half world’s scientific literature is published in English.

5. 60% of the world’s radio broadcasts are in English.

The theoretical value of lexicology: it is the study of one of the three main aspects of lg. (vocabulary -615,000 words) together with its grammar and sound system.

Stylistics studies the same problems as Lexicology: meaning, connotations, synonymy, functional differentiation of the vocabulary, etc.: Maiden (poet.) – Girl – lass; father- daddy;group- clique;love-adore

Lexicology and phonetics (sound and meaning):

Hip – hop – hope- heap- - hoop;(substitution test)

Tip – top; tip – pit;

Import::to import (position of stress);

Blackbird:: black bird

(Spoonerisms (W.A. Spooner) – jocular transposition of the initial sounds of two or more words) - Our queer old dean – our dear old queen, sin twister – twin sister

Historical phonetics and historical phonology:

Whole (unwounded, to make whole, heal), heal (healthy), hail (salutation to be healthy) are etymologically related words.

Lexicology and grammar:

Head of the committee – to head a committee ( interdependence oflexical and grammatical meaning).

Examples of mixed context:

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